Ojibwe trickster spirit often in the form of a rabbit
Nanabozho
Pictogram of Nanabozho on Mazinaw Rock, Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario
Folklore
Ojibwe and other First Nations
Other name(s)
ᓇᓇᐳᔓ, Nanabush
Region
Southern Canada, and midwestern / Northern Plains United States
Nanabozho (in syllabics: ᓇᓇᐳᔓ, [nɐˌnɐbʊˈʒʊ]), also known as Nanabush,[1] is a spirit in Anishinaabe aadizookaan (traditional storytelling), particularly among the Ojibwe. Nanabozho figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies, among others).
Nanabozho can take the shape of male or female animals or humans in storytelling. Most commonly it is an animal such as a raven or coyote which lives near the tribe and which is cunning enough to make capture difficult.
Nanabozho is a trickster figure in many First Nation storytellings.[2] While the use of Nanabush through storytelling can be for entertainment, it is often used as a way to pass down information and general life lessons.[3]
^Legendary Native American Figures: Nanabozho (Nanabush)
Nanabozho (in syllabics: ᓇᓇᐳᔓ, [nɐˌnɐbʊˈʒʊ]), also known as Nanabush, is a spirit in Anishinaabe aadizookaan (traditional storytelling), particularly...
in northern Algonquian and Dene storytelling, similar to the trickster Nanabozho in Ojibwa aadizookaanan (sacred stories), Inktonme in Assiniboine lore...
Nokomis is the name of Nanabozho's grandmother in the Ojibwe traditional stories and was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's...
In this way, storytelling connects generations of Anishinaabe people. Nanabozho (also known by a variety of other names and spellings, including Wenabozho...
storytelling and goes by many names, including Coyote, Raven, Wesakejac, Nanabozho, and Glooscap. They appear in many forms and genders. Stories involving...
traditional beliefs, held by the Ojibwe and some other Native American peoples, Nanabozho, or Great Rabbit, is an important deity related to the creation of the...
century. In his role as creator, Glooscap is similar to that of the Ojibwa Nanabozho and the Cree Wisakedjak. There are variations to the legend of Glooscap...
masters of all water creatures, including snakes. Some versions of the Nanabozho creation legend refers to whole communities of water lynx. Some archaeologists...
Aadizookaan of the Anishinaabe peoples. Similar in nature to the Ojibwa Nanabozho stories, the Aayaash stories tell of his trials and tribulations, with...
Algonquian languages. It is the spirit brother of the Algonquian folk hero Nanabozho, and assisted him in several of his adventures, including thwarting the...
feeling a stomachache Unkulunkulu in Zulu mythology American contexts: Nanabozho (Great Rabbit), Ojibwe deity, a shape-shifter and a cocreator of the world...
reservation) Potawatomi Trail of Death Treaty with the Potawatomi Theresa Marsh Nanabozho Chief Monoquet "Potawatomi". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford...
Matsya-avatara of Lord Vishnu pulls Manu's boat after having defeated the demon. Nanabozho in Ojibwe flood story from an illustration by R. C. Armour, in his book...
the Ojibwa, Nanabozho is a spirit who figures prominently in their storytelling, including their account of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe...
white cedar is associated with Majiikiwis. He is the eldest brother to Nanabozho. However, in The Song of Hiawatha based on the aadizookaanan, Mudjekeewis...
myths about the origin of places, animals, and other natural phenomena. Nanabozho is the "trickster" spirit and hero of Ojibwa mythology (part of the larger...
Totochtin; Kalulu, Tumbuka mythology (Central African) Trickster god; and Nanabozho (Great Rabbit,) Ojibway deity, a shape-shifter and a cocreator of the...
Dakota Winona ("first-born daughter"). Hodges, Frederick W. (1910). "Nanabozho". Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Vol. 2. Washington, D...
Muscogees/Creeks, Rabbit stole fire from the Weasels. In Ojibwa myth, Nanabozho the hare stole fire and gave it to humans.[citation needed] According...
mythological narratives and images onto her characters. Owens identifies Nanabozho, a peripatetic trickster and world-creator, as a key intertextual reference...
from trickster traditions from various Native American tribes, such as Nanabozho (Anishinaabe) and Kachina (Pueblo). The novel follows the adventures of...
escarpment rising out of the water, adorned with many native pictographs. Nanabozho, a trickster from Ojibwe legend and cultural hero is the unofficial mascot...
Ojibwe. His name exists in various forms across the Ojibwe, including Nanabozho, Nanapus, and Menabojes, while he is also called the Great Rabbit or Great...
Johnston in Anishinaabe culture, a Manitou named Pukawiss, brother of Nanabozho, and born to live amongst the people, created the hoop dance. Unlike the...
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